N. C. Department of Revenue to Assist Taxpayers on Call-in Television Show

Date: 3/21/2003

RALEIGH – Four North Carolina Department of Revenue employees will
answer questions about state individual income taxes and other topics during a live, call-in
television program that will be broadcast statewide Tuesday, March 25, 2003
from 8 -- 9 p.m.

Taxpayers will be able to call the OPEN/net program produced by the state Agency for Public
Telecommunications (APT) to ask questions that will be answered live on the air.

Department employees Gail Beamon and A. Pierre Olds will
answer general questions regarding state individual income taxes. Assistant Secretary for
Examination and Collection Alan Felton will discuss the success of 'Project
Collect Tax', the Department's initiative to collect $150 million in overdue individual and
corporate taxes. Special Programs Manager Alice Worsley will discuss filing
individual income tax forms electronically, the Department's new direct deposit option and
the 'E-Pay' service that allows taxpayers to use a bank draft, credit or debit card to pay
their 2002 state taxes.

Viewers can call 'OPEN/net' on the night of the show at 1-888-228-6736 to
ask questions. To find the local cable channel that carries the show, visit the APT website
at www.doa.state.nc.us/doa/apt/cablelst.htm.